Route 6 - Kingsbury, Roe and Trobridge’s Cottages

Route Highlights local materials that provided good insulation, and were designed with a spiritual purpose to bring joy to those Brent Walks This route starts at Kingsbury Tube station, and goes through that lived there. Examples of his architecture can be found: A series of healthy walks for all the family to enjoy Roe Green Park. Be sure to stop and admire the walled garden 1. Mountaire Court on Highfield Avenue; 2. Whitecastle which is managed by †he Barnhill Conservation Group. You Mansions on Wakemans Hill Avenue; 3. Stonegate Court will then pass through an area with plenty of examples of on Buck Lane; 4. Nearly all houses on Ash Tree Dell; Ernest Trobridge’s Thatched Cottages, one of Brent’s most 5. The Triangle on Buck Lane; 6. Most of Oak Tree Dell; famous architects, as well as passing through Silver Jubilee 7. Highfort Court on Buck Lane; 8. Thatched Cottage at 142 Route 6 - Kingsbury, Roe Green Park Park. Slough Lane; 9. Midcot Thatched Cottage on Slough Lane and 10. Hayland Thatched Cottage on Kingsbury Rd. and Trobridge’s Cottages 1 Start by exiting Kingsbury Tube Station by turning right onto 2 Kingsbury Road towards Roe Green Park. 3 Turn Holy Innocents Church onto Roe Green Park when you can and make your way Kingsbury: is Grade II listed through to the exit on the east side of the park. 4 Cross and was built in 1884. Designed over Roe Green Road and continue onto Highfield Avenue by William Butterworth it’s a 5. Turn right into 6 Buck Lane, and be sure to venture typical Butterfield country down Ash Tree Dell and Oak Tree Dell to see the cottages. church, showing the influence 7 Turn left onto Kingsbury Road and turn right onto of the Gothic revival of the time. Townsend Lane 8. Head south in the park until you reach There are two notable stained Eithorne Way 9. At the roundabout, cross onto Church glass windows, one in the West which depicts St Michael, Lane Recreation Ground and walk along the northern installed by the Kingsbury Polo club to commemorate the borders of the park 10. Exit at Church Lane, and continue Peace of Versailles in 1919, and one in the East Window over onto Slough Lane 11. Follow Slough Lane around and depicting the adoration of the Three Kings in Gothic via left onto Old Kenton Lane 12. Turn left where this road Revival style in memory of the first vicar of Holy Innocents. ends onto Kingsbury Rd, 13, and head back to the The bell turret was erected in 1895 and the organ was Kingsbury Tube station where this walk ends. installed in 1906. In 1957 the narthex, baptistery, north aisle and choir vestry were added. Places of Interest/Heritage Silver Jubilee Park: was an existing public open space Roe Green Park: evolved that was renamed for the from the former farmland Jubilee of King George V of Roe Green House, the site in 1935. There are several of which is now occupied by playing fields and a children’s Roe Green Village. This was playground and good views built from 1918 to 1920 with to in the east. assistance from prisoners of war as a garden village to Facilities: house aircraft workers in Kingsbury. The site of the park There are facilities outside Kingsbury station, as well as was bought by Brent Council for the community in two in Church Lane Recreation Ground. Refreshments are stages in 1935 and 1938. Within the park there is a walled available on Kingsbury Road near the tube station. garden which is managed by the Barnhill Conservation Group which meets regularly with its volunteers to promote the site. Drop in and see what they have been up to. There is also a playground, cafe, extensive sports facilities and small carpark at the park. Distance 3.5 miles - 5.6 km - 8,100 Steps Trobridge’s thatched cottages: Time Although there are still homes throughout England designed Fast - 1hr, Medium - 1hr 15mins, Slow - 2hrs by Ernest Trobridge, NW9 has Calories the most numerous examples Fast - 390, Medium- 350, Slow - 340 of his architecture, and was his home from 1915-1942. He began Difficulty designing houses post WWI in Route is suitable for prams and wheelchairs. an attempt to solve the housing crisis. His signature designs included a return to the traditional timber house using Start / end station green elm wood which would be shaped whilst drying Kingsbury Tube Station allowing for strong yet light building, would use cheap Published by Brent Council 2014 Route 6 - d a R o Kingsbury to n e e ROE GREEN PARK r Roe Green Park and G

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